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I stopped dealing with anything to do with Canonical the moment I saw their job ads require you to put in your high school gpa. Yes, even if you're a senior+ en
by el-dude-arino 3y ago
I stopped dealing with anything to do with Canonical the moment I saw their job ads require you to put in your high school gpa. Yes, even if you're a senior+ engineer.
- that_guy_iain 3y agoYou really stopped dealing with a company because their HR put something silly in their job ads? Really? You care that much about HR? Edit: I just looked, they ask about your high school performance in math and your native language and to be ranked and include "cannot recall"
- el-dude-arino 3y agoThese questions don't get placed on their job ads by chance and they aren't done in a vacuum; there is some form of approval at the leadership level. If they ask that question, then they make a judgement based on the answer. If you're a company making such a judgement on such a question for such a position, you're a ridiculous company.
- that_guy_iain 3y agoBy HR. HR decided to add them. They make a judgement based on your how well you did at education, which does imply how smart you are. But as I said, HR added them and stopping using tech because of the HR works is a bit ridiculous. "I don't use your product because I was going to apply for a job and your questions were stupid" is weird as hell since their product isn't built by HR.
- el-dude-arino 3y ago[flagged]
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- slumberlust 3y agoThey have a reputation for a very drawn out and unnecessarily grueling interview process: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37059857 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37059857
- that_guy_iain 3y agoSo do lots of companies. It's a good reason for not applying to work for them. But an odd reason not to dislike their products.
- im3w1l 3y agoThey might include that because they are hiring some people straight out of highschool.